Alpha {MWB} Tech thread

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Spring stretching is temporary. It fatigued to the short length over many cycles. Now you stretch it back out in one or two large cycles. The portions of the spring surface that deformed are no longer elastic, so it will wear down much faster.

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THIS IS EXTREMELY USEFUL... seriously... As far as lubing, just do that through the asa right? (2-5 drops of autolube? when i run out of that i will start looking at others)(i have learned about taking the barrel off the HARD WAY lol)
The spring can just be stretched can't it? a friend told me to just stretch out the spring i had on it.

Stretching a spring is something you could do if you had a spring that was heavily compressed from regular use. For example if you had a red or gold spring that was now shorter than the end of the bolt you could stretch it a bit.

I don't think that works very well though. Stretched springs tend to recompres pretty quickly. It's good if you need it to get you buy for a day or two until you can get a replacement part though.

In general shortening a long spring by cutting it is better than lengthening a short spring by stretching it. It will last a lot longer too.

Lubing through the ASA is fine. I lube mine through the macroline elbow. Everyone has different opinions on what lube is best. I picked up a bottle of Outlast Synthetic which is the rebranded version of KC Troublefree. Autolube is fine, but supposedly this stuff is better. I haven't used it long enough to really tell a difference personally, but everyone has good things to say about it.

[Alpha {MWB}]

Thanks guys and merry CHRISTmas. It will be after Christmas before i can get back to you on this issue... i will let you know however...